Author: JT Smith
The top headline of the latest Debian Weekly News is… KDE. Quote: “All of the core of KDE is already present in unstable, and more packages are sure to follow.”
Category:
- Linux
New Age Athlons: The KX133 Snafu — Part 3
Author: JT Smith
Interesting commentary at 32bitsonline about mistakes AMD has made in the design, production, and marketing of their high-end Athlons.
Category:
- Unix
A $5 million investment to BSDi
Author: JT Smith
According to BSDToday, Livin’ on the Edge, an internet service provider in Japan, says its board of directors
“has unanimously voted to invest five million US dollars in Berkeley Software Design, Inc.”.
“has unanimously voted to invest five million US dollars in Berkeley Software Design, Inc.”.
Category:
- Unix
Gates casts doubt on WAP future
Author: JT Smith
A software company representative named Bill Gates is quoted by nwfusion.com as having doubts about whether industry-backed WAP is as good a standard for handheld Internet access as Microsoft-backed XML. Gates mentions a desire to “embrace” WAP, but the word “extend” is not mentioned — at least in this story.
EC gives nod to Oracle, Telia WAP portal venture
Author: JT Smith
“The European Commission (EC) on Tuesday granted its
approval for a joint venture between Swedish state-owned
telecommunications company Telia and database giant Oracle.” according to nwfusion.com.
approval for a joint venture between Swedish state-owned
telecommunications company Telia and database giant Oracle.” according to nwfusion.com.
Sun’s Gage named as Harvard prize winner
Author: JT Smith
Little squib at ZDNN says, “John Gage, chief researcher and director of the Science Office for Sun Microsystems, has been selected as one of this fall’s fellows at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University.
Washington debates need for technology policy chief
Author: JT Smith
Summary of this CNet story: “Following reports that federal Web sites and computer systems are failing to ensure adequate privacy and security, there
is talk that the government might need a chief information officer to coordinate the United States’ technology and
computer security policies.”
is talk that the government might need a chief information officer to coordinate the United States’ technology and
computer security policies.”
New Perl Modules, 7-11 September 2000
Author: JT Smith
List of all new modules posted on use.Perl.org between September 7 and September 11. A useful fast reference for the Perl-driven.
Verizon isn’t suing 2600.com over domain name
Author: JT Smith
For a while, it looked like Verizon (the Telco formerly known as Bell Atlantic and/or GTE) was going to sue 2600.com for having registered verizonreallysucks.com. They have decided not to. 2600.com is pleased.
Microsoft’s implementation of IPv6
Author: JT Smith
Slashdot readers wonder if Microsoft’s in-house research on IPv6 will lead to advances for all or to yet another situation where Microsoft decides to create a “standard” that doesn’t match standards set by the rest of the computer/Internet industry.